Since 03/2021 Employee at the deparment of Media Effects and Media Psychology at the Institute for Communication Studies of the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. Working on the DFG-funded research project “Media Entertainment and Resilience”.

08/2020 – 02/2021 Fundraiser at the Vienna University of Economics and Business

10/2017- 12/2020 Master of Arts in Communication (focus on Communication and Media Research) at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz and the University of Vienna

10/2013 – 07/2017 Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies with a minor in Economics at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

  • Mediennutzung zur Stressbewältigung
  • (Digital) media and well-being
  • Media use and resilience
  • Self-presentation and authenticity online
  • 01/2024 – Best Paper Award (1st place) at the annual conference of the DGPuK’s Reception and Impact Subject Group (RezFo24) (co-authored with Leonard Reinecke)
  • 09/2023 – Best Research Report (1st place) at the 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Subject Group of the German Psychological Society (DGPs) (co-authored with Felix Dietrich, Alicia Gilbert, and Leonard Reinecke)
  • 10/2021 – “Master’s Degree Award for Communication and Media Research” from the Alumni Foundation of Mainz Communication Studies
  • 05/2021 – Top Paper Award from the Communication & Technology Division at the 71st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) (co-authored with Adrian Meier and Leonard Reinecke)

Google Scholar

2026

  • Kreling, R., Wolfers, L., & Göritz, A. (June 6, 2026). Coping with everyday stressors using social media: An experience sampling study. Presentation at the 76th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Reinecke, L., Kreling, R., Schneider, F. M., & Slater, M. D. (July 6, 2026). Testing TEBOTS in situ: Selective exposure to and restorative effects of entertainment in the context of daily stressors. Presentation at the 76th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Cape Town, South Africa.

2025

  • Dietrich, F., Ernst, A., Kreling, R., Gilbert, A., Rohr, B., Scharkow, M., & Reinecke, L. (2025). The differential effects of algorithmic recommendations on user experience: Enjoyment and serendipity in everyday music streaming. Presentation at the 3rd International Conference of the ACM Greek SIGCHI Chapter, CHIGreece ’25, Syros, Greece.
  • Gilbert, A., Schöne, F., Kreling, R., Dietrich, F., & Reinecke, L. (2025). 101 reasons to stop: A systematic review of media cues for disengagement. Presentation at the 3rd International Conference of the ACM Greek SIGCHI Chapter, CHIGreece ’25, Syros, Greece.
  • Kreling, R., Possler, D., & Reinecke, L. (September 2025). A daily dose of affirmation: Investigating an easy path to eudaimonic entertainment experiences and its impact on well-being in a daily diary study. Presentation at the 14th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Duisburg.
  • Reinecke, L., Kreling, R., Schneider, F. M., & Slater, M. D. (2025, September). Narrative engagement as a self-regulatory resource? An in-situ test of central assumptions of the TEBOTS model . Vortrag auf der 14th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Duisburg.
  • Kreling, R., & Reinecke, L. (2025, Juni). Entertainment fosters resilience: Investigating a coping and resilience perspective of entertainment selection and effects under everyday adversity with intensive longitudinal data. Vortrag auf der 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
  • Kreling, R. & Reinecke, L. (2025, January). When life gives you lemons – use media? A diary study on the selection and effect of hedonic and eudaimonic entertainment in stressful situations . Lecture at the annual conference of the subject group Reception and Effects Research (RezFo25) of the DGPuK in Bamberg.

2024

  • Kreling, R. & Reinecke, L. (2024, June). Entertainment contributes to adaptive coping: Results from a daily and weekly diary study on entertainment, escapism, and meaning making. Presentation at the 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) in Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Reinecke, L. & Kreling, R. (2024, March). Meaning making through meaningful entertainment? An intensive longitudinal study on the prospective effects of entertainment use on meaning-coping. Presentation at the 69th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) in Erfurt.
  • Kreling, R. & Reinecke, L. (2024, January). “I am once again asking for your [online] support” – A Measurement Burst study on the relationship between seeking, receiving and providing social support on social media and mental health. Presentation at the annual conference of the subject group Reception and Effects Research (RezFo24) of the DGPuK in Fribourg, Switzerland. — Best Paper Award —

2023

  • Kreling, R. (2023, October). Can hedonic and eudaimonic entertainment strengthen meaning-focused coping skills? Results from a daily and weekly diary study . Presentation at the Positive Media Psychology Symposium, Orange, California, USA.
  • Kreling, R., Dietrich, F., Gilbert, A., & Reinecke, L. (2023, September). What do people watch under adversity? Testing interactions of semantic affinity and coping style using Netflix data donations . Presentation at the 13th conference of the subject group Media Psychology of the German Psychological Society (DGPs) in Luxembourg. — Best Research Report —
  • Kreling, R. & Reinecke, L. (2023, May). Joys of giving or those who seek shall find? Support and mental health on SNS . Presentation at the 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) in Toronto, Canada.
  • Reinecke, L. & Kreling, R. (2023, May). Making meaning through meaningful entertainment? Prospective effects of hedonic and eudaimonic entertainment on meaning-focused coping . Presentation at the 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) in Toronto, Canada.
  • Kreling, R. & Reinecke, L. (2023, January). Longitudinal relationships between seeking and providing online support on social networks and mental health. Presentation at the annual conference of the subject group Reception and Effects Research of the DGPuK in Augsburg.

2022

  • Kreling, R. & Reinecke, L. (2022, May). The longitudinal relationship between online support giving and seeking on SNS and mental health. Presentation at the 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) in Paris, France.

2021

  • Kreling, R., Meier, A., & Reinecke, L. (2021, May). #authentic? Differences in user’s state authenticity across Instagram Stories and Posts. Presentation at the 71st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) (virtual). — Top Paper Award —